LJWorld.com comments: Comments by 50nashhttp://www2.ljworld.com/users/50nash/LJWorld.com comments: Comments by 50nashen-usSun, 13 Dec 2009 13:44:41 -060050nash on "Turner Gill expected to take over as Kansas football coach"
http://www2.ljworld.com/comments/cr/303/512419/#c1079451<p>The Tuner Gill hire makes me want to be a KU fan, but the negative comments here make me ashamed to be associated with a big part of the fan base. </p>
<p>Everyone who thinks KU can do better clearly knows very little about college football outside of Lawrence. The big names you think we should get aren&#39;t even interested in the KU job. But they will be after Gill&#39;s been here a while. He will no doubt help to engineer a badly needed upgrade in the KU football culture. Whatever else you think about the allegations against Mangino, a coach who acts like a jerk around town and gets kicked out of his kid&#39;s football game won&#39;t be able to build a lasting culture that will consistently attract top recruits. One Orange Bowl win does not make KU a top program or a coveted job. </p>
<p>I&#39;m glad other comments here and on other stories show that there are enough well-informed college football fans in town to make this worth following.</p>
<p>Gill&#39;s inheriting a depleted program, so all of you who have no perspective will be calling for his head for a few years. But make no mistake, Gill will no doubt make the program a serious contender and help educate a big part of the fan base that sorely needs it. </p>
<p><i>Posted by <a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/users/50nash/">50nash</a> on December 13 at 1:44 p.m. (<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/comments/flag/1079451/">Suggest removal</a>)</i></p>
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:44:41 -0600http://www2.ljworld.com/comments/cr/303/512419/#c107945150nash on "Turner Gill expected to take over as Kansas football coach"
http://www2.ljworld.com/comments/cr/303/512419/#c1078358<p>KU will be lucky to have Gill. Those who think he&#39;s not a big enough name have an absurdly inflated sense of KU football&#39;s prominence. The 2007 &quot;break out&quot; season was a fluke. KU played the weakest conference schedule in recent memory, failed to even make the Big 12 championship game, and snagged an Orange Bowl bid Missouri clearly deserved. KU&#39;s program will continue to improve under Gill, but the thought that we can do better show&#39;s an embarassing lack of perspective on the program.</p>
<p><i>Posted by <a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/users/50nash/">50nash</a> on December 12 at 5:40 p.m. (<a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/comments/flag/1078358/">Suggest removal</a>)</i></p>
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